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Most of the Middle West was settled before the passage of the Homestead Act in 1863 by people of northern and western European ancestry who relied heavily upon water transport. Their commercial agriculture was based upon a standard rotation of corn, small grains, and hay, and most of the crops were fed to hogs or cattle. A century of rural stability produced a pecuniary value system associated with the family farm ideology. Part-owner operation has facilitated recent increases in farm size. Manufacturing in the west remains agriculturally-oriented, but the automobile industry has become more important in the east. The metropolitan Democratic vote is balanced by a Republican tradition in rural areas. The traits of the Middle West have strongly influenced the geographic profession in the United States.
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